I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 367: Demon Slayer Recruitment
".Last night at 11:30, the long-burned lamps in the house all went out. The 22 demon exorcists of my family, led by Qingfu, who were sent to Qianye, have not been heard from since. I am afraid that they have all died. I know that this beast is not an ordinary demon. Its demonic flames are like a black dragon entrenched in the spiritual veins of Kanto. If it is allowed to wreak havoc until the end of the month, there will be a lot of suffering and corpses will be spread across thousands of miles. I have sent a nue to deliver a letter to the Kusha, Suzakuin, Hanakaiin and other families, asking for help according to the Hundred Demons Purification Alliance, and I will go to the alliance in person to exorcise the demon.

The blessings or disasters of this journey are unknown, and victory or failure is also uncertain.

Moreover, the mansion was so deserted that only seven people were left to guard it.

Since our ancestors obtained the Dharma and established our family during the years of the Divine Turtle, our clan has been slaying demons and eliminating evil, and has been at odds with them for 1,300 years.

This disaster may cause old grudges and evil spirits to rise up. You must close the Jetavana after reading this letter. There is rice, grain and meat stored in the warehouse, enough to cover expenses for five years.

Although Kagami-hime is extremely talented, she is still young, so I have left my shikigami, Mokurin, to assist her. If any evil spirits break through the Gion barrier and are difficult to resist, she will immediately go to the secret sandalwood box in my study and take out the seal, which will allow her to use the spiritual wine in the family treasury. I will then offer the spiritual wine on the Mingyue Terrace, burn incense and pray, and seek help from our family's most close ancestor, Liwobo.

Apart from the duties of garrison, all household affairs were managed by Kagamihime's uncle Nobuaki.

——The 50th head of Jinguji Temple, Nobuaki Jinguji.”

This was a very formal letter. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami read it quickly and seriously. His eyes fell on the end, where there was a line of words written in a casual tone.

"A Jing, take good care of your mother."

The copper bell on the eaves rang suddenly without any wind.

She clenched the letter tightly, and her knuckles caused the celadon incense burner on the table to move slightly. A wisp of residual fragrance escaped from the gaps in the head of the lion-like beast, and condensed into a snake-like smoke trail in the lamplight.

Those few light words were heavier than the pile of documents just now. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami knelt in front of the pear wood desk in silence for a while, let go of the letter, and stroked the fine gold foil arabesque patterns on the edge of the letter with his fingertips. In the warm yellow light of the desk lamp, his crow-feather-like eyelashes cast a trembling shadow on his eyelids.

She silently placed the letter on the desk.

Her father handed over family affairs to her uncle, Kaori Shiori's father, and she had no objection to this.

My uncle had been assisting my father long before he became the head of the family, and he knew exactly how to handle all household affairs.

In addition, too much of his spiritual energy was absorbed by Ueda Kagehiro in Taoxiang. Even though his injuries have almost healed now, his cultivation level can no longer be restored, making it difficult for him to fight against the enemy.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for him to transform from a demon hunter who leads a team to exorcise demons outside to an administrative staff member who stays at home.

However, sealing off Gion and staying indoors is already a worst-case scenario.

just in case
Thinking of a bad possibility, Hiiragi Jing clenched his hands subconsciously. He was now a Yin God, but his father and the others didn't know about it. If he went into battle, he might be able to defeat the demon.

But after thinking for a moment, this impulse was suppressed by the family responsibilities.

I am probably the one with the highest cultivation level in the family now. If I leave my post without permission and allow the demons to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in, who will protect my mother and the others?
After hesitating for a moment, a reliable figure and the summer-like smile on that face quickly emerged in Hiiragi Jing's mind.

My fingertips unconsciously stroked the screen of the phone, and Dong Yeyu's name flashed on the first line of the address book.

Her thumb hovered over the dial key for a long while, and finally she just let the screen go dark, reflecting her tightly pursed lips - the cherry color was now as pale as a camellia flower washed by rain.

With a sigh, he turned off the desk lamp, shook off the stardust on his body, stood up and left the room.

Wow!

The moonlight from outside the shoji door filtered in, stretching her shadow into a lonely crane shadow.

Hiiragi Jing called Mu Ling with a cold expression and then went to get the ritual instruments to activate the barrier, and called the only remaining demon hunter in the family to start preparations according to his father's instructions. When the black velvet night gradually turned into azure blue, the remaining stars and the dream moon disappeared one by one, and a bright light rose from the horizon, and the clouds that connected the sky and the earth began to spread out from the Mingyue Pavilion, entwined with the dripping sound of the bamboo tubes under the corridor, and gradually wove into a white curtain that connected the sky.

This is all I can do.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami pursed her lips tightly, with no emotion visible on her calm face, but her knuckles were white as she gripped the hilt of Kunimitsu Nyudo Isshin.

Just now.

Her breath was choked, and she seemed to sense something and turned her head suddenly.

Thousands of wind chimes rang simultaneously in the invisible void, and the sound startled a pair of blue egrets sleeping in Gion.

Amid the suppressed gasps of her tribesmen, she saw the flame of an eternally burning lamp on the Mingyue Terrace, which never wavered despite the wind, suddenly jump, then dim at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it stabilized like a firefly.

This is my father’s natal lamp.

the next morning,

There are not many tourists at this time. After the starry night, the heat from the whole day's exposure to the sun has dissipated. The morning breeze at this time is cool and comfortable, which is the most precious moment of summer.

After finishing his morning training and having breakfast, Higashino Yu was helping Iori Tadamichi with the daily morning and evening purification rituals with imperial coins and other things.

There is still a lot of work to be done, such as the need to perform morning purification - wash the body with cold water before sunrise, and wear white clothes, hakama and other clerical attire.

In addition, people offer water, salt, rice, wine and other offerings to the temple, recite the Kojiki or the Prayer Speech, and report to the gods that a new day has begun.

Other large shrines have a team of priests working there. Although the Iori family's Inari Shrine is not small in scale, there is only one priest in the shrine, Tadamichi Iori.

For Mr. Iori, a man in his seventies or eighties, coming here every day is quite a torture - especially since it is not yet time for the trainee shrine maidens to go to work and he is the only one working.

Therefore, Dongye Yu came to help when he had nothing to do.

"Ayu, thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."

When Iori Tadamichi saw Higashino Yu skillfully arrange the various offerings, he also felt the long-lost leisure of being a priest. He walked over with a smile and began to recite the prayer.

Boom boom boom boom!
At this moment, a roar was heard in the distance.

Iori Tadamichi stopped reading, and the two of them looked up and found that a whole fleet of helicopters was flying over from a distance.

"Is it a military exercise?" Iori Tadamichi guessed.

Dong Yeyu said casually, "Maybe."

The situation of the island countries in this world is even worse than that of the island countries in the previous life. The first shot of the war of aggression was silenced, and they have been suppressed by Shenzhou until now. Although they have barely entered the ranks of developed countries by playing both sides, they still have no army, only the Self-Defense Forces, and military supplies and weapons are all purchased from Shenzhou at high prices.

After the helicopter formation left, old man Iori continued to recite prayers as if nothing had happened. Higashino Yu was standing aside and watching. His cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out and opened it. It was an urgent text message from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Is there another call for exorcism?
(End of this chapter)